{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-410.158","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 410.158","heading":"DISCOVERY.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Section 410.162, discovery is limited to:\n(1) depositions on written questions to any health care provider;\n(2) depositions of other witnesses as permitted by the administrative law judge for good cause shown; and\n(3) interrogatories as prescribed by the commissioner.\n(b) Discovery under Subsection (a) may not seek information that may readily be derived from documentary evidence described in Section 410.160. Answers to discovery under Subsection (a) need not duplicate information that may readily be derived from documentary evidence described in Section 410.160.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.186, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 839 (H.B. 2111), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 410. ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES","SUBCHAPTER D. CONTESTED CASE HEARING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.410.htm#410.158","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"d18b8ad33f8ce564a52db6f1c6bdd42cdeb4d896fcbcc70831e75fde5f8b7b9e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-410.157","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-410.159"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}